topic Re: Calculating Distances Between Different Layers in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326664#M11518 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks for the reply, but the "Near" process only gives distances in values of -1 or 0. I need something that returns a value of distance in miles.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:54 GMT JustinShelton 2010-07-16T16:44:54Z Calculating Distances Between Different Layers https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326662#M11516 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'll go ahead and explain my situation. I have two feature classes, both are polygons. One layer is blockgroups for Mobile County, Alabama, the other is a layer for hospitals throughout the county. I want to measure the distance from each block group to each hospital, such that it creates new fields in the attribute table for the distance to each hospital. I want an output that results in each block group having new fields for their distances to each hospital in Miles. Is there anyway to do this other than manually measuring???</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:22:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326662#M11516 JustinShelton 2010-07-16T16:22:02Z Re: Calculating Distances Between Different Layers https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326663#M11517 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Take a look at the Near tool: </SPAN><A href="http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?id=1352&amp;pid=1347&amp;topicname=Near_(Analysis">http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?id=1352&amp;pid=1347&amp;topicname=Near_(Analysis</A><SPAN>)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You must have an ArcInfo license to run it however...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:30:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326663#M11517 ChrisSnyder 2010-07-16T16:30:59Z Re: Calculating Distances Between Different Layers https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326664#M11518 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Thanks for the reply, but the "Near" process only gives distances in values of -1 or 0. I need something that returns a value of distance in miles.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326664#M11518 JustinShelton 2010-07-16T16:44:54Z Re: Calculating Distances Between Different Layers https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326665#M11519 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is your data in a geographic projection? If so, you may need to project it into something like stateplane or UTM...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:48:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326665#M11519 ChrisSnyder 2010-07-16T16:48:00Z Re: Calculating Distances Between Different Layers https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326666#M11520 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The data is in state plane (feet). However, it still gives me figures of -1 and 0, an all or nothing sort of thing. I need actual distances in feet.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:23:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326666#M11520 JustinShelton 2010-07-27T13:23:36Z Re: Calculating Distances Between Different Layers https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326667#M11521 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">The data is in state plane (feet). However, it still gives me figures of -1 and 0, an all or nothing sort of thing. I need actual distances in feet.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Justin,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>there is currently no tool that returns actual distance measures.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Use </SPAN><A href="http://ideas.arcgis.com/">http://ideas.arcgis.com/</A><SPAN> to request that the Near tool be enhanced with this option. I confirmed it's technically possible.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Barbara Bicking</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ESRI - Geoprocessing Team</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:53:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculating-distances-between-different-layers/m-p/326667#M11521 BBicking1 2010-07-28T20:53:08Z